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The Eurasian Knot

The Eurasian Knot

To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to Putin, and everything in-between. Subscribe on your favorite podcasts app, grab your headphones, hit play, and tune in. Eurasia will never appear the

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59:42

Ep 4: Teddy Talks about Race

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/29

Teddy had few “official” meetings in the USSR. A factory here. A collective farm there. Maybe a school or two. And there was one question Teddy’s hosts always asked: “Why are you still lynching Blacks?” American racism was a global issue during the Cold War. And pointing to it was a strike at America’s Achilles heel. Soviet media devoted a lot of time to the Civil Rights Movement. And Teddy arrived in the USSR just when Martin Luther King was assassinated. So, just what was this Soviet concern for

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53:57

Ep 3 Teddy Goes Shopping

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/29

Like many Americans, Teddy judged the USSR through a consumer lens. What could Soviets buy? How much? And what was up with those long lines and shortages? Teddy wasn’t very impressed. Yet, the “standard of living race” was a front in the Cold War like any other. And Soviet communism was losing. But things were never so simple. By the late 1960s, Soviet people were consuming more than ever. They were becoming consumers just like in the West. So, what was it like to shop in the USSR? And was buying

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37:24

Ep 2 Teddy Meets The KGB

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/29

Teddy assumed the KGB would monitor his travels around the Soviet Union. In Kiev, Teddy discovers that someone went through his luggage. And half-century later he learns his suspicions were correct. The KGB wrote a report on him, complete with excerpts from his diary. What was in this report? What did the KGB hope to learn from Teddy? And what was this vast network for keeping tabs on tourists anyway? The post Ep 2 Teddy Meets The KGB appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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51:15

Ep 1: Teddy Greets the USSR

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/29

Teddy Roe took an extraordinary trip to the USSR in 1968. For three months, he travelled from one end of the USSR to the other. Most Americans at the time believed the USSR was their greatest enemy. Teddy was among tens of thousands who toured the Soviet Union. Why did Americans want to travel there? Why did the Soviets want them to come? What just what was the tourist experience like? The post Ep 1: Teddy Greets the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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59:57

Mental Health in Wartime Ukraine

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/16

Guests: Drs. Carmen Andreescu and Alex Dombrovski on their work on mental health in Ukraine though the Global Initiative on Psychiatry - USA. The post Mental Health in Wartime Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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50:21

Kyivan Rus’

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/12/02

Guest: Christian Raffensperger on the place of Kyivan Rus' in the wider European medieval world. The post Kyivan Rus’ appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:01:40

The Day of the Baptism of Rus

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/11/18

Guest: Sean Griffin on his prize winning article “Revolution, Raskol, and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The 1,020th Anniversary of the Day of the Baptism of Rus” published in the Russian Review. The post The Day of the Baptism of Rus appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:24:00

Between Memory and History in Ukraine

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/11/11

Guests: Victoria Smolkina and Georgyi Kasianov on the complexities of memory, history, and politics in narrating Ukrainian history. The post Between Memory and History in Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:02:29

The Soviet Rock Scene

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/11/04

Guest: Artemy Troitsky reflecting on his life in the Soviet and Russian rock scenes. The post The Soviet Rock Scene appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:14:06

Working Through Stalinism

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/10/26

Guests: Polly Jones and Zuzanna Bogumil on memory, politics, and trauma of Stalinism. The post Working Through Stalinism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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18:02

REEES Faculty Spotlight: Zoltan Kelemen

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/10/07

REEES faculty profile on Zoltan Zelemen about his research on neo-medievalism in international relations, law, and democracy. The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: Zoltan Kelemen appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:20:10

The Economic War

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/09/27

Guests: Ben Aris and Ilya Matveev on the Russian economy during wartime. The post The Economic War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:05:47

Mixed Marriages in the USSR

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/09/20

Guest: Adrienne Edgar on Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia published by Cornell University Press. The post Mixed Marriages in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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51:40

Remembering Anne Garrels

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/09/13

Rebroadcast of my 2016 interview with the recently departed Anne Garrels, author of Putin’s Country: A Journey into the Real Russia. The post Remembering Anne Garrels appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:29:30

Soviet Aid to West Africa

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/09/06

Guests: Alessandro Iandolo and Natalia Telepneva on Soviet engagement with West Africa during the Cold War. The post Soviet Aid to West Africa appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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54:08

Rebroadcast: The Life and Times of Mikhail Gorbachev

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/09/01

Guest: William Taubman on Gorbachev: His Life and Times. The post Rebroadcast: The Life and Times of Mikhail Gorbachev appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:12:42

Soviet WWII Mythologies

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/08/09

Guest: Jonathan Brunstedt on The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR published by Cambridge University Press. The post Soviet WWII Mythologies appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:05:47

Queer Spaces in Imperial St. Petersburg

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/08/02

Guest: Olga Petri on Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg published by Cornell University Press. The post Queer Spaces in Imperial St. Petersburg appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:10:47

Clientelism in Soviet Abkhazia

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/07/26

Guest: Timothy Blauvelt on Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom: The Trials of Nestor Lakoba published by Routledge. The post Clientelism in Soviet Abkhazia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:04:35

Limonov and the National Bolsheviks

The Eurasian Knot ·

2022/07/14

Guest: Fabrizio Fenghi on It Will Be Fun and Terrifying: Nationalism and Protest in Post-Soviet Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press. The post Limonov and the National Bolsheviks appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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